Guest guest Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 *http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=2 & theme= & usrsess=1 & id=194639 * *Srinagar to have aquarium on Dal Lake soon* Statesman News Service JAMMU, March 11:As a major tourist attraction, Srinagar will soon have a big aquarium to be located on the banks of the famed Dal Lake and at the foot of Shankaracharya hill at Gagribal near here. The aquarium will have a 200 meter long tunnel with aqua caves and house about 200 species of ornamental fish. It will be a centrally heated building to withstand extreme low temperature during winter. The aquarium will be second in the State after the Bagh-i-Bahu aquarium in Jammu that draws thousands of enthusiastic visitors daily. The chief minister Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad today visited the proposed site of the aquarium and asked the concerned officials to go ahead with the project that he said will add to the places of tourist attraction in the summer capital city. At present, there is a small aquarium and awareness centre at Gagribal which will be extended and developed into a major aquarium on the pattern of the one at Bagh-i-Bahu. Mr Azad also visited the Tulip Garden at Cheshmashahi. The garden will be in full bloom by the first week of April. It has come up as Asia's biggest tulip garden.He asked the officials of floriculture department to explore possibilities of converting the vast expanse of plant introduction centre at the foot of the Tulip Garden into a summer garden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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